Dental health professionals (DCPs) can provide patients with oral health advice to help reduce the social discomfort halitosis can cause. DCPs play a significant role in the treatment of this condition, as 90% of halitosis emanates from the mouth (Sanz et al, 2001).
Epidemiological data is difficult to evaluate due to the subjective self-evaluation of breath malodour. However, it does suggest that breath malodour is common, not age related and that men are more than three times at risk of oral malodour than women (Tessier and Kutharni, 1991).
Halitosis generally arises as a result of the bacterial decomposition of food particles, cells, blood and some chemical compounds of the saliva (Moss, 1998).
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